Northern Italy's South Tyrol region is known for its skiing and winter sports but has also become increasingly popular in the warmer months as well. Over 450 km of hiking trails, lakes, fresh air, great hospitality and so much more are putting it at the ...

The most suggestive scenery of South Tyrol: the Sciliar Dolomites and the Siusi Alps. Inhale and exhale. Savor the atmosphere. The purity and clarity of the air are already enough to convince any mountain lover to stay for days! Immersed in one of the most ...

The Sigurtà Garden Park (il Parco Giardino Sigurtà) was an unexpected surprise. We didn’t know a thing about it when some friends invited us to spend a day there, but at the end of the day, we were thanking them for such a wonderful idea. ©Silvia ...

Issime is an enchanting town located in the heart of the Gressoney Valley, also called the Lys Valley, for its Lys river. Issime is located just 13 km from the Pont-Saint-Martin motorway exit at 1,000 meters above sea level. This small hamlet has so much ...

"For me, trekking means to comune with nature. This is why I walk slowly; I hardly ever rush. Nature, for me, is not a gym. I go to see, to feel, with all of my senses. And so my spirit enters the trees, the meadows, ...

Within the massive area that encompasses the Abruzzo, Lazio, and Molise National Park, lie the Mainarde Mountains and the Upper Volturno Valley. These majestic peaks are limestone massifs whose peaks are among the highest in the Molise region. Lago di Castel San Vincenzo ©Andrea di Meo Plants, ...

Do you know the land where the lemon-trees grow, in darkened leaves the gold-oranges glow, a soft wind blows from the pure blue sky, the myrtle stands mute, and the bay-tree high? Do you know it well? It’s there I’d be gone, to be there with you, O, my beloved one! J.W. ...

Brasimone Lake is part of the Natural Lake Park of Suviana and Brasimone in central Italy's Emilia-Romagna region. This beautiful man-made lake and nature reserve is just about an hour from Bologna. Whether you are making it a day trip from there or whether you'll ...

To better understand any place it is important to consider its origin, its history. Tens of millions of years ago where the current Apuan Alps dominate, there was a sea. The thrust of the continental masses in a continuous, very slow movement, caused horizontal layers ...

Not far from Lake Maggiore, there is a lovely park in the Ticino Valley known as the Parco dei Lagoni di Mercurago. Located near the surrounding towns of Arona, Dormelletto and Oleggio Castello, visitors can choose from various entrances into the park.  ©commons.wikimedia.org At each entrance, you'll find ...